---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-24-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T13:58:53.973601+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Q4 EPS $0.52 vs $0.96 YoY; FY combined EBITDA $1.61B up 4.6%

## Summary
- Q4 net income $84.5M ($0.52 diluted EPS) vs $156.6M ($0.96) in Q4 2022; revenue $1.61B down 9% YoY.
- FY 2023 net income $647.7M ($3.99 diluted EPS) vs $737.7M ($4.49) in FY 2022; revenue $6.79B up 4%.
- Combined adjusted EBITDA FY 2023 $1.61B vs $1.54B; global ingredients EBITDA $1.11B.
- DGD sold 1.2B gallons FY 2023 at $0.81/gal EBITDA; Darling received $163.6M dividends from JV.
- Repurchased $52.9M of common stock in FY 2023; leverage ratio 3.26x; no numerical guidance for 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-24-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654024000007/0000916540-24-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654024000007/dar-20240227.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-24-000007.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. reported the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 30, 2023 results: revenue $1.6 billion for the fourth quarter of 2023, net income $84.5 million, or $0.52 per diluted share for fourth quarter of 2023, EPS $0.52 per diluted share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $1.6 billion for the fourth quarter of 2023
  - Net income: $84.5 million, or $0.52 per diluted share for fourth quarter of 2023
  - EPS: $0.52 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 27, 2024, Darling Ingredients Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654024000007/0000916540-24-000007-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.